Enough caring about people who lost their jobs

Having to work for Expedia is probably punishment enough...

It’s literally the opposite. It’s very rare to work for a company that will consistently give you cost of living and performance increases that would outweigh a lateral move to another company. Someone who stays with the same company for more than five years is likely losing money to stay there.

"I know these assholes and what to expect from them. Moving to a new company means a whole new crop of assholes and unspoken rules that I have to learn to succeed. Pass."
Not going somewhere else to get more money isn't the same as losing money. That's like saying I'm saving money by not buying $expensive_item when I wouldn't buy that type of thing anyway.
If I'm a painter, I'm not losing money by not being the CEO of RandomOtherCorp. Conflate ye not.
- It is though. That is the literal definition of opportunity cost.
- If you’re a first year painter working for a general contractor, you’re going to be paid less than a more experienced painter. After five years, you’ll be able to get more money from another general contractor applying as a painter with five years experience. You’re less likely to do that if you like working for your current general contractor.

How is your being at one organisation, then another, both for relatively short periods of time, relevant? How does that tell you that other people aren't "loyal"? Why do you think loyalty even enters the equation?

owned

what? Did you mean "owed"? Which, still, fuck off, but that would make at least sense in context, I suppose?

Yeah, presuming a typo there. Or Freudian slip at worst.

Enough with the sympathy for the Microsoft layoffs! They worked at Microsoft!

One of the less lunatic posts here. Beyond what's required by law and by contract, neither party owes the other shit... which is to say, from the perspective of living in a place that has the luxury of real worker protection laws and rights, Americans are kinda boned.

Yeah, once upon a time there was an idea of sacrifice for the company and it waill sacrifice for you. That is gone, but not everyone knows this. Now no one should ever sacrfice or compromise for a company, thinking it will show thier loyalty and get paid back.
neither party owes the other shit...
FYI, this belief actively keeps folks (including me, previously) out of some really productive, effective and great communities.
While it's legally true, it's not ethically acceptable in many important mutual aid agreements.
I find that once I spend enough time in a community, I owe a lot of people for a lot of good they have done me.
I didn't previously have strong awareness of this, and my lack of awareness limited my career progress and community reputation.
Edit: I find that someone posted it to LinkedIn is particularly funny, since LinkedIn is all about posturing for a mostly imaginary community.

I've yet to see a single reason to have loyalty to a corpo